These are both pictures of our veteran while serving in Vietnam
Gary P. Fuhrman was born December 5, 1945. His parents were Edward and Sara Fuhrman, he had one brother and one sister. He lived in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. While attending Lebanon High School he Enlisted in the Marines. He would go on and fight in the Vietnam War, which would be one of his most life changing experiences.
In this clip Mr. Fuhrman is explaining why he enlisted in the Marines.
The first picture is a plane that was at the Chu Lai base where Mr. Fuhrman was stationed. The second picture is of Mr. Fuhrman on one of his Crash Crew trucks. His main job on the base was to make sure that all of the planes were suitable for flying and fighting, and also when accidents did happen, he was there to direct people on what to do and why. He was awarded this job because he had a calm and rational character which was perfect for emergency situations.
Mr. Fuhrman while stationed in Vietnam, was part of the 3rd Marine Division. The primary mission of the group was to provide, protect the American Base in Da Nang and Chu Lai, and execute amphibious assault operations. Mr. Fuhrman was a crash crewman, he would drive a truck or be a crewman on a crash for his daily job. Then promoted, he landed up in the crash tour. In that job he would sit on a fifteen foot watchout, on 24 hour shifts. When an emergency would come in Mr. Fuhrman would direct people on the crash crew where they were to go and why. When Mr. Fuhrman wasnt on his 24 hour shift he would have to go on patrols. In those patrols he would see few casualties but enough to stick with him forever. He would return home from the war in November of 1967. Mr. Fuhrman had served in the Vietnam from 1963-1967.
This was one of Mr. Fuhrman's most memorable experiences. He was forced to carry-out a duty that was emotionally challenging.
When asking Mr. Fuhrman if he had formed any friendships while in his service, he gave us this response, " Yeah, I think so but none of them lasted. I think what happened after most of us came back and some didn’t that I was friends with; people just didn’t want to talk about it. Most of them weren’t even happy and it turned out that the only heroes were the people who ran away to Canada is the way it seems. I stayed like I was supposed to and did what I was supposed to do and I’m proud of that. It was not a happy thing most of us and I have a lot of friends that were in Vietnam at different times and did different jobs, were all friends but we never discussed what happened in 35 years, what happened in the war.”
This clip of Mr. Fuhrman is explaining his post-war outlook and his advice for future generations.
We would like to thank Mr. Bickel and Mrs. Delcollo for their hard work and dedication to this project and all their help. We would also like to thank all of the Tech. Teachers for the time they took out to supply us with their technological abilities. And last but not least, we would like to thank Mr. Fuhrman for participating in our interview and helping better understand the experiences of a Vietnam soldier.
U.S. Marine Corp
Crash Crewman with the 3rd Marine Division
Vietnam War - 1963-67
These are both pictures of our veteran while serving in Vietnam
Gary P. Fuhrman was born December 5, 1945. His parents were Edward and Sara Fuhrman, he had one brother and one sister. He lived in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. While attending Lebanon High School he Enlisted in the Marines. He would go on and fight in the Vietnam War, which would be one of his most life changing experiences.
In this clip Mr. Fuhrman is explaining why he enlisted in the Marines.
The first picture is a plane that was at the Chu Lai base where Mr. Fuhrman was stationed. The second picture is of Mr. Fuhrman on one of his Crash Crew trucks. His main job on the base was to make sure that all of the planes were suitable for flying and fighting, and also when accidents did happen, he was there to direct people on what to do and why. He was awarded this job because he had a calm and rational character which was perfect for emergency situations.
Mr. Fuhrman while stationed in Vietnam, was part of the 3rd Marine Division. The primary mission of the group was to provide, protect the American Base in Da Nang and Chu Lai, and execute amphibious assault operations. Mr. Fuhrman was a crash crewman, he would drive a truck or be a crewman on a crash for his daily job. Then promoted, he landed up in the crash tour. In that job he would sit on a fifteen foot watchout, on 24 hour shifts. When an emergency would come in Mr. Fuhrman would direct people on the crash crew where they were to go and why. When Mr. Fuhrman wasnt on his 24 hour shift he would have to go on patrols. In those patrols he would see few casualties but enough to stick with him forever. He would return home from the war in November of 1967. Mr. Fuhrman had served in the Vietnam from 1963-1967.
This was one of Mr. Fuhrman's most memorable experiences. He was forced to carry-out a duty that was emotionally challenging.
When asking Mr. Fuhrman if he had formed any friendships while in his service, he gave us this response, " Yeah, I think so but none of them lasted. I think what happened after most of us came back and some didn’t that I was friends with; people just didn’t want to talk about it. Most of them weren’t even happy and it turned out that the only heroes were the people who ran away to Canada is the way it seems. I stayed like I was supposed to and did what I was supposed to do and I’m proud of that. It was not a happy thing most of us and I have a lot of friends that were in Vietnam at different times and did different jobs, were all friends but we never discussed what happened in 35 years, what happened in the war.”
This clip of Mr. Fuhrman is explaining his post-war outlook and his advice for future generations.
Full transcript of Mr. Fuhrman's interview.
We would like to thank Mr. Bickel and Mrs. Delcollo for their hard work and dedication to this project and all their help. We would also like to thank all of the Tech. Teachers for the time they took out to supply us with their technological abilities. And last but not least, we would like to thank Mr. Fuhrman for participating in our interview and helping better understand the experiences of a Vietnam soldier.
Sincerely,
Dana Nolt
Kathryn Fuhrman